Web Page Evaluation EDTL 6360 - Nick Rider
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The document evaluates two websites providing information about Abraham Lincoln, the 16th US President. [1] The whitehouse.gov site is deemed more authoritative as it is a government website. [2] It is also deemed more accurate as the information is from a reliable White House source and is proven by citations. [3] The Angelfire site is questionable as a source since it is freely hosted and has advertisements. The document concludes that the whitehouse.gov site would be the best choice for student research due to its reliability.
Web Page Evaluation EDTL 6360 - Nick Rider
- 1. Web Page Evaluation Nick Rider Bowling Green State University EDTL 6360 Fall 2012
- 2. Topic Selected Abraham "Honest Abe" Lincoln The websites that were compared both are websites that provide information in regards to the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln.
- 3. Web Page # 1 http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/abrahamlincoln
- 4. Web Page # 2 http://www.angelfire.com/my/abrahamlincoln/index.html
- 5. Authority Whitehouse.gov Angelfire.com It is pretty obvious that the white Angelfire is the authoritative figure on house is the authoritative figure on this website. They are a free host for this website. anyone who wishes to build a website.
- 6. Accuracy Whitehouse.gov Angelfire.com This website is very accurate without This website is very questionable links to other resources beyond the when it comes to whether or not it is website. It is a government website a probable source. First off it is proven by the .gov suffix and it was hosted for free on Angelfire, which meant specifically provide any person in the world can two. background information on all of the Secondly it has advertisements all presidents of the United States. over the place. The information does appear to be in The website states the information depth and comprehensive, so I dug regarding Abraham Lincoln came deeper to find how well I could rely from a reliable source from the white on it. I was surprised to find a full house and provides bibliographic bibliography on the information, but information on the source. the website lacks parenthetical citations, or tie-ins to the sources.
- 7. Currency Whitehouse.gov Angelfire.com When I investigated the page there This website states clearly that the was no updated last information but, information was last updated August at the bottom of the web page, the 21st, 2005 at the bottom of the page. bibliography information says that the source that the information came from was published in 2009 by the White House Historical Association.
- 8. Objectivity Whitehouse.gov Angelfire.com The White House The information Historical Association published on this was responsible for website was collected the information from a very large published on the group of proven website. So if there is sources all referenced any bias on the in the bibliography information, it is page. American.
- 9. Which site would I choose? Whitehouse.gov This source would be the one that I would use for my students to research any of the presidents on the United States for solid, reliable information. Almost always, for research purposes websites that end in .gov are going to be the most accurate. I would not entirely rule out the second web page, but I would be very careful to double check any facts that are used on that page, before accepting them as facts.
- 10. Resources / Credits http://www.whitehouse. gov/about/presidents/abrahamlincoln http://www.angelfire.com/my/abrahamlincoln/index.html http://docs.google.com http://www.slideshare.com